Monday, August 31, 2009

The Beaners

A welcome new reader, Sylvia, left a comment on one of the blog posts a few days ago, as follows: Hi, is the Bean symposium a club you have to join or can anyone come in and participate? Are kids welcome?

Gotta love a question that prompts you to talk about something near and dear to your heart - in my case, it's the Sea-Bean Symposium. We're fast approaching our 14th annual Symposium, October 16 and 17, Cocoa Beach Library. Everybody is welcome, and children (preferably well-behaved) are particularly welcome! It's free, and there are lots of displays and presentations. As we get closer to the date, I'll include a program schedule. Dr. Curtis Ebbesmeyer is the keynote speaker that Saturday evening - those of you that have met Curt know we'll be in for a treat. Meanwhile, look at the slideshow on the right-hand side of the blog to get an idea of last year's event, or check out the posts in October 2008. This is such a neat, mellow event - we get visitors from all over, so even if you don't live in Brevard County (Florida Cracker - I'm talking to you), plan to make it over for the Symposium. (This photo is one I took at last year's event.)

Sylvia, when you come to this year's Symposium, you can register to receive the newsletter, or read it on-line at the official sea-bean web site (see link below). Meanwhile, thanks for the question. (I've included a link to Sylvia's site below - she loves Florida plants.)

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